Heath Hill Copse
✦ Ancient woodland14 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome14 ha
Getting here
50.76049, -4.00960
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +70 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +70 more · last seen 2026
Free
Plants — Beech, Oak, Hazel +15 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Beech, Holly, Oak +93 more · last seen 2024
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Small White +127 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Small White +127 more · last seen 2025
Free
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Tarka TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef TTRegional walking route
Devonshire Heartland WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef DHWRegional walking route
Dartmoor WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef DWRegional walking route
West Devon WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef WDERegional walking route
Two Castles TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef TCTRegional walking route
36 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Granite WayCycling route▾
Route 27Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 27National Cycle Network
Route 28Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 28National Cycle Network
Dartmoor Way (Cycle)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV1International cycle route
Main RouteCycling route529 m▾
Named routeRef 27Length 529 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Pegasus TrailMountain bike route▾
Photos
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Wildlife to spot
2,033 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,033 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
springwinter
2026▾
Robin · Woodpigeon · Mallard · Magpie · Teal +36
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica
- TealAnas crecca
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Great TitParus major
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Black SwanCygnus atratus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐝Insects15 species
springautumn
2025▾
Chrysolina banksii · Large Red Damselfly · Azure Damselfly · Hornet · Scathophaga stercoraria +10
- Chrysolina banksiiChrysolina banksii
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- HornetVespa crabro2024
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
Himalayan Honeysuckle
- Himalayan HoneysuckleLeycesteria formosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,033 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
springwinter
2026▾
Robin · Woodpigeon · Mallard · Magpie · Teal +36
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica
- TealAnas crecca
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Great TitParus major
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Black SwanCygnus atratus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐝Insects15 species
springautumn
2025▾
Chrysolina banksii · Large Red Damselfly · Azure Damselfly · Hornet · Scathophaga stercoraria +10
- Chrysolina banksiiChrysolina banksii
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- HornetVespa crabro2024
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
Himalayan Honeysuckle
- Himalayan HoneysuckleLeycesteria formosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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